The Particle Physics and Cosmology of Supersymmetry and String Theory

粒子物理学和超对称宇宙学以及弦理论

• 批准号: 1001296
• 负责人: Burt Ovrut
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2015-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1001296&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Particle; Physics; Cosmology; Supersymmetry; String

For the past two decades, string theory has been one of the most intensely investigated areas of theoretical high-energy physics. This is true chiefly because string theory offers what is currently the most successful method of unifying gravity with the other fundamental forces (strong, weak, and electromagnetic). In this project, Professor Ovrut and his collaborators seek to create an international and interdisciplinary research group that will formulate a wide class of realistic string models, and, within this context, calculate fundamental properties of particle physics and cosmology. Among the physics goals is to predict the mass spectrum of the new supersymmetric particles, explore possible new physics just above the electroweak scale, numerically compute Yukawa couplings, explore the implications of these theories for cosmology, and confront these theories with the data from the LHC and cosmological observations.This project is also envisioned to have considerable broader impacts. Primary among these is the synergy of bringing together representatives of three disciplines (string theory, mathematics, and cosmology) in three different countries to solve some of the most fundamental problems in modern science. This work could therefore become a vehicle for enhancing American and European scientific cooperation, as well as a concrete mechanism to train post-doctoral associates and graduate students in a multinational educational environment. In particular, this work will give American and European students and post-doctoral associates unparalleled opportunities to study, conduct research and attend specialized courses, workshops, conferences and schools organized at our participating universities, Centers, Institute and Laboratory. There is also significant outreach potential by communicating the content of the research to interested non-scientists through public lectures and the media.

在过去的二十年中，弦理论一直是理论高能物理学最深入研究的领域之一。 这是正确的，主要是因为弦理论提供了目前最成功的将重力与其他基本力（强，弱和电磁）统一的方法。 在这个项目中，Ovrut教授及其合作者试图建立一个国际和跨学科的研究小组，该小组将制定广泛的现实弦模型，并在这种情况下计算粒子物理和宇宙学的基本特性。 物理目标之一是预测新的超对称颗粒的质谱，探索可能的新物理学，就在电动量表上方，数值来计算Yukawa耦合，探索这些理论对宇宙学的含义，并与这些理论与LHC和化学观察的数据对抗。 其中的主要是将三个不同国家的三个学科（弦理论，数学和宇宙学）的代表汇集在一起​​，以解决现代科学中一些最根本的问题。 因此，这项工作可能成为增强美国和欧洲科学合作的工具，以及在跨国教育环境中培训博士后同伴和研究生的具体机制。 特别是，这项工作将为美国和欧洲的学生以及博士后伙伴提供无与伦比的机会，可以在我们的参与大学，中心，研究所和实验室学习，进行研究和参加专业课程，讲习班，会议和学校。通过公开讲座和媒体将研究内容传达给感兴趣的非科学家，也具有巨大的外展潜力。